Receptacle.



A. E. KROSENG.

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APPLICATION FILED lULY l2. 1916.

L21 6,33@ Y Patented Feb. 20, 1917.

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AXEL E. KROSENG, F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

RECEPTACLE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedFeb. 20, 1217.

Application filed 'uly 12, 1916. Serial No. 108,862.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, AXEL E. Knosnive, a subject of the King of Norway, and resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Receptacles, of which the following is a specilication.

The invention relates to improvements in receptacles adapted more particularly for containing waste materials and refuse; and the object of the same is to provide a sanitary container arranged to be effectively closed against the scattering of the contents and the emission of noxious vapors. The object of the invention further includes a cover permanently connected to the receptacle to avoid neglectful displacement thereof; also, a self-closing member forming a part of the cover and arranged to admit ordinary refuse; also, means for folding the cover and opening the container its full extent for the admission of bulky matter and for the complete and rapid discharge .of the contents thereof. And the invention furthermore includes certain details of construction hereinafter set forth.

In describing the invention in detail, reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and wherein like characters of reference are used to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation, shown partially in section, of the receptacle embodied in the present invention; Fig. 2, a sectional side elevation showing the receptacle opened and the cover folded up against the rear wall thereof; Fig. 8, a ground plan of the closed receptacle; and Fig. 4 shows the upper or covered portion of the front elevation thereof.

In the drawings numerals 1 and 2 designate respectively the front and rear walls of the receptacle and 3, the opposite side walls thereof, the latter projecting above the front and rear walls and together therewith forming a mouth or opening of substantially the full extent thereof. Along the marginal edges of the opening the walls are provided with inwardly extending stiffening flanges constituting exterior seats 4: and interior seats 5, disposed respectively in outwardly converging planes'.

A main cover 6 is connected to the rear wall of the receptacle by the hinges 7 andV is adapted to close upon the exterior seats e.

Connected to the main cover by the hinges 8, is a secondary closure 9, arranged to engage and resiliently close upon the interior seats 5 by means of the helical spring 10, the opposite ends of the latter engaging and causing an opposing thrust upon the connected cover sections, tending to spread the same and serving to yieldingly urge them against their respective seats.

Upon the closure 9 is fixed a handle 11, by means of which the former may be opened, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1, against the action of the spring, for the admission of ordinary waste material. Upon releasing the handle .the closure will automatically return to its normally closed position and provide an effectively closed recep tacle, adapted to prevent the scattering of its contents or the emission of noxious vapors.

For the admission of bulky matter and for the rapid and complete discharge of the contents of the receptacle, the latter is completely uncovered by means of the handle, the secondary closure being folded up with respect to the main cover and the two jointly held against the rear wall of the receptacle by the resilient clip 12, fixed in any approved manner to the body of the container. As indicated in the folded position of the covers in Fig. 2, the clip engages one of the side edges of the main cover 6, and the secondary closure is held in its folded position in opposition to the spring by means of the handle 11 in its engagement with the rear wall of the receptacle. For the operation of the cover clearance spaces are provided between the outer free ends of the opposing seats, as indicated in Fig. 2, which view also shows in dotted lines the manner in which the secondary closure is introduced and the engagement thereof with the inclined interior seats 5, which inclination in connection with the spring serves to afford an automatic closing action of the connected cover sections in this position.

As thus constructed it will be evident that the cover will provide an effective closure and will overcome to a large extent the common carelessness of the attendant.

What l claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In combination, a receptacle provided with a mouth or opening, exterior and interior seats formed along the marginal edges of said opening,'a main cover hinged to said Y2. In combination, a receptacle provided with a mouth or opening, exterior and interior seats formed along the marginal edges of said opening, a main cover hinged to said receptacle and adapted to close on said eX- terior seats and open back upon the rear wall of said receptacle, a secondary closure resiliently hinged to said main cover and adapted to yieldingly close upon said interior seats and open inwardly in folded relation with said main cover, and means for holding said main cover and folded secondary closure in open position.

3. In combination, with a mouth or opening, exterior and interior seats formed along the marginal edges of said opening and disposed respectively in outwardly converging planes, a main cover hinged to said receptacle and adapted te close on said exterior seats, a secondary closure hinged to said main cover and adapted t0 close on said interior seats, and resilient means jointly holding said main cover and secondary closure in closed position.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of day of July, A. D. 1916.

AXEL E. KROSENG.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, b'y addressing the Commissioner of Patent Washington, D. C.

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